Sleepless

cranky_granny
cranky_granny Member Posts: 896 ✭
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Need some tips on sleepless nights before any procedure. The brain won't shut up. On what I have to do. And what I had planned prior. 

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  • rowdy
    rowdy Member Posts: 1,165 ✭
    Hi welcome to the site, I remember  those night, I would get up and have a glass of warm milk. Sometimes this worked, I always found it was hard to turn off my thoughts at night, I'm nearly 3 years on and I still have these nights. Take care  xx
  • cranky_granny
    cranky_granny Member Posts: 896 ✭
    I ended up going to sleep but up again at 6am  but todays a new day
  • Ann-Marie
    Ann-Marie Member Posts: 1,113 ✭
    Hi @cranky granny you may find some information in our Sleepless nights fact sheet.
  • nikkid
    nikkid Member Posts: 1,766 ✭
    We all have had sleepless nights thinking about our impending procedures...so I tried to practice some mindfulness...meditation, restfulness....and only focussing on the day to day (not getting too far ahead, because that would overwhelm me). The Smiling Mind App is a great way to start...takes you through the steps and you feel very refreshed afterwards. In the end, I used these skills when having the scintography and then before going into theatre - I felt so much calmer. :)
  • primek
    primek Member Posts: 5,392 ✭
    If my mind is racing I end up turning on the light and reading for a while and try to empty my head. The other thing as mentioned is relaxation ideas. There is a technique for breathing called 478. I used it when stressed. Link below hopefully explains it.

    http://www.drweil.com/videos-features/videos/the-4-7-8-breath-health-benefits-demonstration/

    It's a difficult time. Know that it does get better. Hope everything goes well with surgery. Know we are here to listen.
    Kath x
  • socoda
    socoda Member Posts: 1,767 ✭
    Hey Cranky Granny, I have an app on my mobile phone called rain sounds. Its all different rain sounds and you can set it to turn off automatically. I find it very soothing - doesn't guarantee that I'll stay asleep though :s but some sleep is better than none!! Xx
  • cranky_granny
    cranky_granny Member Posts: 896 ✭
    Thanks every one, It is definitely worry over whats to come etc 
    the marker went in with a struggle, I'm a bit grisly at the centre of the cancer so what should of been straight forward to a bit of extra time at least I shouldn't get the bruising that came with the biopsy. I hope its not a sign of things to come.
    I am going to make use of the suggestions to shut the brain up.  and make my way through the different suggestions till I find the something that works. 

  • SoldierCrab
    SoldierCrab Member Posts: 3,429 ✭
    I have an App called White noise it is free ,,,, IT HAS heaps of different sounds I have blended some of them they help me to turn on the thoughts in my head and sleep.  WHITE NOSE by TMSOFT 

  • iserbrown
    iserbrown Member Posts: 5,735 ✭

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